Beer barrel



D. J. .REED

BEER BARREL Oct. 13, 1936*.

F'iled March 24, 1934 FJGJ.

INVENTOR. Daniel Reed ATTQRNEY.

Patented Oct. 13, 1936 PATENT OFFICE BEER BARREL Daniel J. Reed, Milwaukee, Wis., assigner to A. 0.

Smith Corporation, Milwaukee, Wis., a corporation of New York Application March 24, 1934, Serial No. 717,128

6 Claims.

This invention relates to a metal beer barrel.

The principal object of the invention is to provide means for absorbing blows and sudden shocks delivered longitudinally of the barrel on 5 the end edge, thereby preventing injury to the body of the barrel and to the lining material therein.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The accompanying drawing illustrates various lo embodiments of the invention.

Figure 1 is a detail section through one corner of a barrel showing one embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing another em- 15 bodiment.v

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing still another embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a similar view illustrating a modication applicable to all embodiments.

20 The embodiment shown in Figure 1 consists principally of the cylindrical body I of the barrel, the end head 2 and the chime 3. The several parts are preferably formed of sheet metal, the body I being rolled from a single flat sheet and welded on a longitudinal line by electric flash welding, the head 2 being pressed from a fiat sheet to provide a dished, central portion and a circumferential cylindrical skirt 4 adapted to t snugly within the end of the body I and to be welded thereto at a circumferential line 5 adjacent the inner corner of the head by continuous electric resistance welding, and the chime 3 being formed of a single sheet of metal in a manner more fully set forth in copending application 5 Serial Number 684,497, filed August 10, 1933, by William R. Kepler, for Chimes for barrels and method of making them, and assigned to a common assignee herewith.

The chime 3 may be of any suitable construc- 40 tion, that illustrated being found to be very satisfactory. It consists of a flat end ring 6 having its inner edge bent upwardly and over forming a bead 1 and providing a fiat reenforcing section 8 for the ring 6, and having its outer edge 45 curved into a bead 9 and extending upwardly like a sleeve I along the body I of the barrel. The end edges of the body I and head skirt l' engage the section 8 at about the center line of the ring 6, and the sleeve I0 is key welded or 50 otherwise secured to the end of the barrel as at II.

In carrying out the invention, the skirt `4 of the head 2 is provided with one or more circumferential corrugations or ribs I2 between the 55 chime 3 and the line of welds 5 and II. This (Ci. 22o-66) bead or rib I2 functions to provide resilience to absorb the energy of the most severe shocks, rand to protect the main container portion of the barrel from injury. The corrugations or ribs I2 may extend for the full circumference of the barrel or may be interrupted at intervals depending upon the stiffness desired.

In the embodiment of Figure 1, the body I of the barrel is not beaded, and its end portion tends to absorb the shock by permanent defor- 10 mation while the bead I2 in the skirt 4 of the head and the bead 9 in the chime tend to absorb the shock by permanent and elastic deformation. Where the shock is unusually great, it is found that the body I tends to form a bead similar to l5 bead I2 and at the same location, thus absorbing excess shock by permanent deformation of the metal. Cushioning the shock in this manner gives a greater time for absorbing the energy of the shock and tends to prevent undesired injuries to the barrel.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 2, the body I also has a circumferential corrugation, rib or bead I3 corresponding to bead I2 in the skirt 4 of the end head and complementary thereto. This 'embodiment gives a greater cushion effect and absorbs more of the shock at the beads I2 and I3.

In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 3, the body I 'does not extend fully to the section 8 of 30 the chime 3, but only the skirt 4 of the head engages the chime at the end of the skirt. The skirt is corrugated or beaded circumferentially at I2 similar to the other embodiments, but the body I is not beaded. In this embodiment, a greater cushioning effect is obtained and shocks are absorbed by the beads I2 and 9.

The selection of the embodiment to be used and of other embodiments will depend largely -upon the size and weight of the barrel and the 40 general type of handling it will receive.

The modification illustrated in Fig. 4 shows the application of the invention to a barrel of the type set forth in my copending application 'Serial Number 693,531, filed October 13, 1933. 45 In this case, the combination of features has been found to be particularly advantageous in preventing injury to the lining of the barrel at the juncture between the body I and head 2.

In making this modified form of Fig. 4, after the head 2 is positioned properly in the body I,

a circumferential depression I4 is spun in the body I against the inner corner of the head 2. Then the two parts are welded together by a continuous electric resistance weld as close to the inner corner of the head as possible. The structure thus provided tends to prevent deformation of the head adjacent the weld, and the rib l2 tends to absorb any excess shock which might otherwise effect the undesirable deformation.

Various embodiments may be employed .within the scope and spirit of the invention as set forth in the accompanying claims.

I claim:

1. A barrel comprising a container, a sheet metal circumferential skirt at the end of said container, and a sheet metal chime engaging the end of said skirt and having a portion welded to the skirt near said container, said skirt and said chime each having one or more circumferentially extending beads for absorbing excessive endwise shock, said beads being located between said weld and the outer end of said chime.

2. A barrel comprising a sheet metal cylindrical body, an end head therefor having a sheet metal circumferential skirt fitting snugly in the end of said body, and a sheet metal chime having a flattened beaded ring seated against the end of said skirt and a sleeve-like portion encircling and secured to the end portion of the cylindrical body by a Weld at points remote from said fiattened beaded ring, said skirt having a bead extending circumferentially thereof, and said sleeve of said chime having a circumferential bead, both of said beads being adapted to absorb shock and being located between said Weld and the outer end of said chime.

3. A barrel comprising a sheet metal cylindrical body, an end head therefor having a sheet metal circumferential skirt fitting snugly in the end of said body, and a sheet metal chime having a. flattened beaded ring seated against the end of said skirt and the end of said cylindrical body and a sleeve-like portion encircling and secured to the end' portion of the cylindrical body by a weld at points remote from said flattened beaded ring, said skirt having a bead extending circumferentially thereof, and said sleeve of said chime having a circumferential bead, both of said beads being adapted to absorb shock and being located between said weld and the outer end of said chime.

4. A barrel comprising a sheet metal cylindrical body, an end head therefor having a sheet metal circumferential skirt fitting snugly in the end of said body, and a sheet metal chime having a flattened beaded ring seated against the end of said skirt and the end of said cylindrical body and a sleeve-like portion encircling and secured to the end portion of the cylindrical body by a weld at points remote from said flattened beaded ring, said skirt and said body portion having a bead extending circumierentially thereof andv said sleeve of said chime having a circumferential bead, both of said beads being adapted to absorb shock and being located between said weld and the outer end of said chime.

5. A barrel comprising a sheet metal cylindrical body, an end head therefor having a sheet metal circumferential skirt fitting snugly in the end of said body, and a chime engaging the end of said skirt for transmitting shocks thereto. said skirt having a corrugation or bead extending circumferentially thereof to allow absorption o! shocks by deformation of the metal of the skirt and said cylindrical body having a shoulder spun therein adjacent the inner corner of the head and being welded to said head at said shoulder.

6. A barrel comprising a sheet metal cylindrical body, an end head therefor having a sheet metal circumferential skirt fitting snugly in the end of said body and extending beyond the end of said body, and a sheet metal chime having a flattened beaded ring seated against the end of said skirt and a sleeve-like portion encii cling and secured to the end portion of the cylindrical body, said skirt having a bead extending circumferentially thereof and said'sleeve of said chime having a circumferential bead, both of said beads being adapted to absorb shock.

DANIEL J. REED. 

